Ray Sharkey

1952-11-14

•Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

1993-06-11

Biography

Raymond Sharkey Jr. (November 14, 1952 – June 11, 1993) was an American stage, film and television actor. His most notable film role was Vincent Vacarri in the 1980 film The Idolmaker, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. He is also known for his role as Sonny Steelgrave in the television series Wiseguy.

Known For Movies

5.4

Wise Guys

1986-04-17

Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they ar...

6.5

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978-08-02

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally bur...

4.5

Cop & ½

1993-04-02

When a pint-sized 8-year-old kid witnesses a murder he offers to help the police, if they make him a...

4.9

Hellhole

1985-03-15

An unlucky woman’s mother is murdered by a scarf-wielding killer named Silk, leaving the woman injur...

1.0

Du-beat-e-o

1984-01-01

A filmmaker tries to finish editing a movie about all-girl rock band Runaways.

5.5

The Idolmaker

1980-11-14

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalo...

3.3

Act of Piracy

1988-07-07

A large motor yacht becomes the focal point in this action tale when a group of mercenaries decide t...

5.6

Some Kind of Hero

1982-04-02

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forg...

Known For TV Shows

7.5

Miami Vice

1984-09-16

The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and pr...

7.9

All in the Family

1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues...

7.3

The Jeffersons

1975-01-18

Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “...

6.9

The Streets of San Francisco

1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders...

7.3

Barney Miller

1975-01-23

Barney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police statio...

7.0

Kojak

1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York ...

7.2

The Equalizer

1985-09-18

Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private cri...

6.1

Jake and the Fatman

1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman"...

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